The habit of giving up when the present task is half finished and try something else is one of the chief causes of failure. Christian D. Larson More Quotes by Christian D. Larson More Quotes From Christian D. Larson The desire to criticise becomes less and less as the character is developed. It is the mark of a fine character never to be critical and to mention but rarely the faults of others. A strong character does not resist evil, but uses their strength in building the good. They know that when the light is made strong, the darkness will disappear of itself. Christian D. Larson light strong character Life becomes the way it is lived; and man may live the way he wants to live when he learns to think what he wants to think. Christian D. Larson may men thinking Do not turn the power of your mind upon others, but turn it upon yourself in such a way that it will make you stronger, more positive, more capable, and more efficient, and as you develop in this manner, success must come of itself. There is only one way by which you can influence others legitimately, and that is through the giving of instruction, but in that case, there is no desire to influence. You desire simply to impart knowledge and information, and you exercise a most desirable influence without desiring to do so. Christian D. Larson mind exercise giving To keep any great nation up to a high standard of civilization there must be enough superior characters to hold the balance of power, but the very moment the balance of power gets into the hands of second-rate men and women, a decline of that nation is inevitable. Christian D. Larson character men hands Happiness, however, is not the result of any one single cause. It is the result of many ideal states of being grouped together into one harmonious whole. Christian D. Larson causes states together PROMISE YOURSELF To make all your friends feel that there is something in them. Christian D. Larson friends optimism feels Depend only upon yourself, but work in harmony with all things. Christian D. Larson depends harmony all-things What you admire in others will develop in yourself. Therefore, to love the ordinary in any one is to become ordinary, while to love the noble and the lofty in all minds is to grow into the likeness of that which is noble and lofty. Christian D. Larson noble mind ordinary Whenever you permit yourself to think what persons, things, conditions, or circumstances may suggest, you are not following what you want to think. You are not following your own desires but borrowed desires. Use your imagination in determining what you want to think or do. Christian D. Larson imagination desire thinking A man who is morally clean, other things being equal, has in every instance, greater agility, greater capacity, and greater endurance by far than the man who is not. While the latter is wasting his creative energies in useless pleasures, as well as in disease producing habits, the former is turning all of his creative energy into ability and genius, and the result is evident. Christian D. Larson endurance creative men Be too big for worry and too noble for anger. Christian D. Larson optimism anger spiritual The average person is full of artificial desires, desires that have been suggested by what other people possess or require. Christian D. Larson desire average people Nature intends all men and women to be mental and spiritual giants, and does not intend that any one should follow the will of another. Christian D. Larson giants spiritual men
